Pony Express reenactment ride Saturday morning
The Beef Empire Days event features a 10 a.m. Saturday Pony Express reenactment from Deerfield to Garden City along the Arkansas River bed. Riders will be sworn in by the Garden City postmaster before delivering official mail, with Darren Gigot reachable at 260-7582 for details.
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Cimarron to Begin Two KDOT Highway Projects
The Kansas Department of Transportation will start two Cimarron highway projects Monday weather permitting. J A G Construction Co Inc of Dodge City received both contracts totaling about 1.4 million dollars. The west project adds four lane concrete pavement from Fifth to Seventh streets on U S 50. The east project adds four lanes with a center turning lane from White's Food Liner to the eastern city limits. Completion is expected by mid November.
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Cimarron
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White’s Food Liner
Dodge City
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Twin Country to headline Sunday at Stevens Park Concert
The Stevens Park Concert Series continues Sunday at 7 30 p m featuring Twin Country. Formed in 1983 the band has entertained southwest Kansans for over 25 years and opened for Martina McBride Little Texas Merle Haggard and Ricochet. Members include Jon Irsik Joe Irsik Bill Irsik Kent Carroll Joey Irsik and Sarah Good. Series sponsored by Garden City Recreation Commission and city of Garden City. All concerts are free. Visit gcrec com for more summer performers.
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Twin Country
Martina McBride
Little Texas
Merle Haggard
Ricochet
Jon Irsik
Joe Irsik
Bill Irsik
Kent Carroll
Joey Irsik
Sarah Good
Garden City
Gcrec.com
Cemetery cleanup to start June 14 in city cemeteries
City crews will remove memorial decorations from Valley View Cemetery and Sunset Memorial Gardens starting June 14. Decorations on concrete foundations monuments or in vases will stay. Memorial Day decorations and plants planted in incorrect locations will be removed for maintenance. Flower plantings are limited near monuments at Valley View. no permanent plants allowed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Contact Jim Hahn cemetery sexton at 276-1220 with concerns.
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Jim Hahn
Six tours Kansas AG Six touts record in Garden City stop
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six closed a two day statewide tour in Garden City praising an independent record of real results. He cited a crackdown on child pornography identity theft and Medicaid fraud along with a 800 percent boost in Consumer Affairs recoveries since 2006 and about 17 million recovered in Medicaid fraud. He warned on illegal immigration focusing on criminal immigration related violations and identity theft while noting border state challenges and the need for a federal solution. He faces Derek Schmidt and Ralph DeZago in the Aug 3 Republican primary.
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Clarion Inn
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Paul Morrison
Pew Hispanic Center
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Kansas City
US Court of Appeals
10Th Circuit
Derek Schmidt
State Senate
R-Independence
Ralph DeZago
Junction City
Harvest set as Kansas wheat season nears across counties
Kansas co ops prep ahead of harvest with 100000 bushels due to mills in Wichita. Downtimes end as combines near Haven and Vernon as rains aid fill, while prices slide. Forecasters expect June activity with staggered starts from Dodge City to Ness County and Froese crews pacing the Great Plains.
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Dennis Carroll
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Kiowa
Barber
Oklahoma
Hutchinson
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Doll
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Beau Froese
Golden
Vernon
Texas
Inman
Froese Bros
Great Plains
Montana
Froese
Ness County
Judge OKs class action status in hot fuel suits
A federal judge in Kansas City grants class action status to two lawsuits alleging gas retailers sell hot fuel by pricing gasoline at 60 degrees. The ruling allows the cases to proceed for liability and injunctive relief and paves the way for possible settlements and future damages certs. Defendants include BP Casey’s General Stores Chevron Wal Mart 7 Eleven and others.
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U.S
Kathryn Wratil
Washington, D.C
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Wal-Mart
7-Eleven
Wratil
Martin Loring
Canada
Chicago
George Zeles
Kansas
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